Individual differences in foraging behavior and cortisol levels in recently emerged brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 781-790

  Farwell, Michelle ^a,b   Fuzzen, Megan L M ^a,c   Bernier, Nicholas J ^a   McLaughlin, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brook charr; Cortisol; Foraging behavior; Individual differences; Novel object; Personality; Resource polymorphism; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMERGENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RISK PERCEPTION; SALMONID; STEROID; WATER COLUMN;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 84898870217     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1691-1     Document Type: Article

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